Hilary Booth... of course!

So remember when I went out to Georgetown for a Quartetto Gelato concert? They're baaack! And performing this weekend for free at the National Academies downtown. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon, taking the slow train to Istanbul. They've changed their lineup again with a new clarinetist and new cellist. *sighs*

Good thing I checked their website, mostly to remember where they performed before. Mediaeval Baebes was actually asking their US/Canadian fans for venue suggestions, so I thought of that church, since as lovely as it is, I don't know how practical the National Cathedral would be.

I was surprised and delighted to see one of favorite chamber music quartets Quartetto Gelato was playing locally. The performance is up in Georgetown, near Big Planet Comics. I'm still debating whether I can get up there. It's Saturday night, but the 38B runs late enough, so maybe I could pull it off. They're a Canadian quartet, specializing in combination of folk, classical and operatic music. Their membership has changed over the years. Usually the two constants were Peter De Sotto, their mandolin/violin/tenor, and Cynthia Steljes, oboe. Sadly they lost Cynthia Steljes to a rare form of cancer last December. The second obituary has more details. In all my years of following the group, I hadn't realized she and Peter De Sotto were married either. I don't remember them making a big deal of it in their interviews. They also have a PBS special "Quartetto Gelato in the Wine Country" that the WETA HD channel is showing on Monday night that I'll need to see if I can dvr or not. If not, that will be available on dvd.